AVS 60th International Symposium and Exhibition
    Surface Science Wednesday Sessions

Session SS+AS-WeM
Catalysis in Prebiotic Chemistry (8:00-10:00 am)/Environmental Interfaces (10:40 am-12:00 pm)

Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 8:00 am, Room 202 A
Moderator: A.J. Gellman, Carnegie Mellon University


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8:00am SS+AS-WeM1 Invited Paper
Models for the Origin of Biological Homochirality
D.G. Blackmond, The Scripps Research Institute
8:40am SS+AS-WeM3 Invited Paper
A New Catalytic RNA for the RNA World
J.E. Moretti, G.F. Dolan, U.F. Müller, University of California San Diego
9:40am SS+AS-WeM6
Chemical Mapping of Minerals and Meteorites for Origins of Life Research
R.D. Gann, C. Pirim, T.M. Orlando, Georgia Institute of Technology
10:40am SS+AS-WeM9 Invited Paper
Water at Interfaces under Realistic Conditions
A. Nilsson, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
11:20am SS+AS-WeM11
pH Dependent Behavior of Ammonia and Ammonium at the Liquid-Vapor Interface of Aqueous Solutions
M.H.C. Van Spyk, A.M. Margarella, K.A. Perrine, University of California, Irvine, B. Winter, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie/Elektronenspeicherring BESSY II, Germany, J.C. Hemminger, University of California, Irvine
11:40am SS+AS-WeM12
Hydrogen Bonding – Probing its Role in Electron-promoted Desorption from Icy Films
D. Marchione, M.P. Collings, M.R.S. McCoustra, Heriot-Watt University, UK